This period is well-known as the Baroque period. ... The first painting, Los Meninas, which is also known as "The Maids of Honor,"" is painted by Diego Velasquez during the Spanish Baroque Period. ... In the second painting, the Allegory of the Outbreak of War by Peter Paul Rubens from the Flemish Baroque period, light and dark also play a key role. ... The Las Meninas and the Allegory of the Outbreak of War are great examples of the Baroque Period for their ornate and elaborate nature. In addition, they are influenced by European politics, as the Baroque Period was. ...

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It was painted back in 1665, during the Baroque period, with the use of oil on canvas. ... Dutch art during the Baroque period focused more on genre scenes, portraits, still life, and landscapes. ... Rather than being dramatic and loud like Italian, Spanish, and Flemish Baroque art, Dutch Baroque art was much more quieter and calm. ... This period was known as the Dutch Golden Age. ... Peter Paul Rubens's Arrival of Marie de' Medici at Marseilles (c. 1622–1625) was painted during the Flemish Baroque period. ...

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The next painting I observed was one from the Baroque time period. The Baroque era began in the late 1500's in Italy and ended around the early 1800's. ... The Baroque Time period is sometimes used as a general term that indicated eccentric modes of paintings, architecture, and sculpture. Baroque art spread throughout western civilization. ... During this time period, numerous paintings were of people in the nude, as Venus and Cupid are displayed. ...

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In both of these works of art, conventions of the Baroque Style are recognizable. Baroque is a seventeenth-century style of European art characterized by ornamentation, curved lines, irregularity of form, dramatic lighting and color, and exaggerated gestures. ... Both Rembrandt and Snyders worked in the Baroque stylistic period, which took place in Europe. ... Rembrandt is a Dutch Baroque artist who ranks as one of the greatest painters in the history of Western Art. ... Another European Baroque painting by Frans Snyders is Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Dead Game, which was ...

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Rubens was very much influenced by the artists of northern Europe of his time so he traveled to Italy where it happened to be the center of art at that period. ... A very important part of his life that developed his artistic being was an influence in the early baroque art of Anniblae Carracci and Caravaggio and also many humanist intellectuals. ... When he left Italy to return to Flanders he was considered one of the greatest because of his use of baroque style. ...

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